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Papers re Sir John Hall
Date: 1880-1882
From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library : Various papers found in library
Reference: MS-Papers-10617-1
Description: Includes diary entries and correspondence. One letter relates to a double ministerial crisis involing Te Whiti at Parihaka. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Articles by J C Andersen
Date: 1834, 1838 [ca 1920]
From: McArthur & Company Ltd: Smoke and water damaged manuscripts and printed items
Reference: 84-251-2/04
Description: Accounts of the wreck of the ship Harriet off Taranaki coast, and the Jean Bart off the Chatham Islands 1838. Includes newspaper extracts recalling the Harriet wreck. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Possibly George Conrad Petersen collection.
Hirst family of Halifax
Date: 1852-1896
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2773
Description: Letters, exchanged between members of the Bracken family in Yorkshire, but mainly from Grace, describe daily life in Taranaki, the outbreak of war in 1860 and its progress, domestic and farm life. Included are detailed accounts of the voyages to New Zealand on the Gwalior, Ravenscraig and Silver Eagle. Thomas and Grace Hirst emigrated to New Zealand from West Riding, Yorkshire on board the Gwalior in 1851 with five of their eight children. They settled in Taranaki, first in New Plymouth where Thomas and Grace traded as general merchants. In 1854 they moved to a small farm at Bell Block, moving back to New Plymouth when marital law was declared in Feb 1860. Thomas & Grace made a visit to England later that year. On the return voyage their ship the William Brown caught fire and was destroyed. Thomas set sail again on the Ravenscraig and Grace returned in 1863 on the Silver Eagle. On the death of Grace's brother in 1870 the family inherited a substantial amount of money which was invested in land etc.. Grace frequently assisted neighbouring families as a midwife and nurse, attended at the birth of many of her own grandchildren, and helped lay out the dead. She was also active in fundraising for the Anglican Church Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Physical Description: Microfilm of typed transcripts
Memorials of Sergeant William Marjouram, Royal Artillery/ William Marjouram
Date: 1862, 1935
From: Cowan family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11946-077
Description: Published by James Nisbet and Co., 1862. Also includes a letter that was tipped in to the volume, from A. S. Wilkinson to James Cowan, written from Kapiti, 22 December 1935. The letter wishes Cowan a 'Merry Xmas' and talks about the abundant native bird life, and the flowering harakeke. There is also a personal message written to Cowan in the book from A. S. Wilkinson 'Ki taku hoa Jas Cowan, na A S Wilkinson, Kapiti, Xmas 1935'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, with loose papers